How do you tempt kids off the playground on the last day of school? Tell ’em you’ve got fettucine Alfredo waiting for them in the multi-purpose room. Legend has it that this dish was named after a Roman restaurateur–Alfredo Di Lelio–who used it to keep American tourists coming back. It may be the most decadent […]
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Welcome to Italy! Our food appreciation classes landed in Venice this week and there are so many culinary adventures to be had in Italy I think we may be here for a while. Venice is famous for its art, its canals and its gondolas. But it also happens to be situated on the Adriatic. Consequently, […]
The kids in my food appreciation classes are always begging for something sweet. They’d be delighted if we just made cookies and cupcakes every week. Well, I finally obliged. It being near the end of the school year, I figured they were due for a treat. And since we had stopped in Switzerland on our […]
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